For the love of PEACOCKS!!! (It's Friday ) SERIOUS PEACOCK LOVE!!!

I do love peacocks, no doubt, however, perhaps I do not love them as much as the people in the images I selected for Peacock Friday this week.

Now that is some serious peacock love! If I thought a tattoo would actually look good on me I would probably choose a peacock (if not for the color alone) but most importantly to remind myself to be proud and spread my wings. Even if I cannot or don't plan on flying away. :)

Bathrooms...don't stop here!

Ever been to a home in which each room has been meticulously decorated and it flows so nicely from the foyer to the bedrooms until you step into the BATHROOM? and then it's like? What did the paint store run out of paint? Did the decorator call in sick on the bathroom design day? Did the homeowner decide the bathroom was just to small to care what it looked like? Well, I am sure we have all been guilty of leaving at least one bathroom in our homes "un-decorated" or at the very least "un-inspired" I like that term better. To decorate a home completely we all need inspiration. We look at clothing and see color combinations we like, or fabric, or look at shoes and like a certain glamorous feel or even take inspiration from our flower garden. It really is everywhere. One piece of advise that I really liked and hung onto while redecorating my home was to treat the bathrooms like their own little jewel box. Why not? They are relatively small so if we want to try something that seems to be a good place to do it. For the smaller of my 2 bathrooms I chose French Country inspiration. I had to bear in mind that it is used by my children and my guests so I could not design it to the gills. By that I mean, function first! I will be posting pics of all of my projects soon. But until then, here a few to inspire a jewel box bathroom re-do :)

Paint it MY way!!

I finally decided on the final paint colors. This has been a very hard decision  for me. I hope it turns out the way my mind see it all. (fingers crossed) I will post real pics once it is all finished. Here are my choices. Keep in mind, one of my motos is BAN TAN and CHOOSE COLOR!

Kitchen/breakfast nook color (Tibetan Orange by Behr)

Formal dining room which is where Hubby's Grandmother's antique dining set is along with a few of his must haves. I think this is a great color for his masculine touch! (Red pepper by Behr) This room is not really open to the rest of the house.

 This is for the foyer, living room and hallway that separates the 2 kids rooms and the kids bathroom. This color is visible from breakfast nook. and vice versa. I really like the way the blue and orange complement each other. (Gulf winds by Behr)

Kids bathroom color. I was inspired by French country for this bathroom. I wanted something not too girly, not too boyish and not too childish. We have previously had metallic stripe wallpaper of tan and silver with white tube, toilet and sink and white trim and cabinets...then took wallpaper down (don't get me started on that JOB) and painted it light gray. Hubby did not like the gray. So I decided to go a whole new direction. Everyone in the house loves this little bathroom. It is cozy and chic but not too cluttered. We are adding crown molding (not yet done) but all of the trim and cabinets will remain white. As the rest of my house...all trim and crown molding and chair rail and doors and sills and mantle are white. I really like how the white freshens up all the colors.

Finally--We are also redecorating my 6 year old daughter's room. She is ready for her grown up room she advised me. So, we are planning to take out all the baby pictures and such and really vamp up her room. She looked through several pictures with me online and chose things that she liked. She knew that my choice would be the final choice but I wanted to see where her style was going. We actually picked a lot of the same things. We recently took out the white ceiling fan that was in her room (since we bought the house) and put in a chandelier perfect for a princess. This is the color we chose, Barely Pink by Behr. We are keeping the trim white and adding crown molding in her room. Her room currently has tan carpet but once we get the time and extra money we are going to change all of the bedrooms to wood floors.

Any comments or ideas or anything!!! really anything!! is much appreciated!

Don't judge a NOOK by the cover....OR SHOULD YOU????

So, after much much thought and drama (will elaborate on that later) I finally got an ereader. A Nook! AND a cute pink cover! :)

I am loving it so far!!

MY DRAMA-- I first ordered a NEXTBOOK from Best Buy online. It was about $30-40 bucks cheaper and that may have been a reason why I went with the Nextbook first instead of the Kindle or Nook. But I got the first one on time and everything. I immediately opened it up and booted it up. The pre-loaded books came right up and were able to be read. HOWEVER, when I went to download more books, that is when the trouble began! O.M.G!!! I was on the phone a total of 2.5 hours because it would not work! It was pre-loaded with Borders ap and it would not work. I found out that Borders was taken over by KOBO and that my Nextbook needed to have the Kobo ap downloaded. Problem is that it would not download the Kobo ap!!! 2 reps from Nextbook and Kobo tried to help me and it just would not work! UGH! so I took it back. That same night. 

After a week or so I realized that I really did want an ereader and should not let that bad experience stand in the way of trying another. I went back to Best Buy and the friendliest rep helped me decide on my Nook. I have downloaded probably 15 books so far and NO PROBLEM AT ALL! I can do it right from my Nook and they are downloaded in just a few seconds! 

Yay!!!!

SO, SEW!!

I actually watched a you tube to see how to make a rag quilt, bought the flannel, cut the fabric, sewed the fabric squares and.... completed a sewing project!!!! TA DA!!!!!

I am so proud of myself! I have not even touched a sewing machine since Home ec class in JUNIOR HIGH!! I learned how to thread it, load and thread the bobbin and how to change a needle (I broke 2) oops! BUT! I finished! I finished! WOO WOO!!

Monday... MANday!!!

Just a little something to start the week off on the right foot!